Sedimentary environments of the Middle Permian phosphorite-chert complex from the northeastern Yangtze platform, China; the Gufeng Formation: A continental shelf radiolarian chert

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-222

  Kametaka, Masao ^a   Takebe, Masamichi ^b   Nagai, Hiromi ^c   Zhu, Sizhao ^d   Takayanagi, Yukio ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b MATSUE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Middle Permian; Radiolarian chert; Sedimentary environments; Sulfate reducing conditions; Upwelling; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

CHERT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMIAN; PHOSPHORITE; RADIOLARIA;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 14244261617     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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